Birdcatcher (horse)
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Birdcatcher, or Irish Birdcatcher, was a Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire.
Birdcatcher with jockey (1858), painted by Samuel Spode
Sir Hercules
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Sir Hercules was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse, and was later a successful sire.
Birdcatcher (horse)
…was a Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire. Foaled in 1833 at the Brownstown Stud, in Ireland, Birdcatcher was by the Irish Thoroughbred stallion Sir Hercules, who lost only once, in the St Leger Stakes in 1829. Birdcatcher's dam, Guiccioli, who had a successful career as a racehorse, foaled the chestnut colt…
Sir Hercules
Thorngrove (left) and Sir Hercules (right) in their stable, painted by Charles Hancock and engraved in 1838 by Henry S. Beckwith.